Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival
{{Infobox award
| name = Laurence Olivier Award
for Actor of the Year in a Revival
| awarded_for = Actor of the Year in a Revival
| presenter = Society of London Theatre
| location = {{ENG}}
| year = 1976
| year2 = 1988
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
The Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a Revival was an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
This award was presented from 1976 to 1984, then in 1985 the award was combined with the Actor of the Year in a New Play award to create the Best Actor award. The original Actor of the Year in a Revival award returned one last time, for the 1988 ceremony.
Winners and nominees
=1970s=
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! style="width:10%;"| Year ! style="width:25%;"| Actor ! style="width:35%;"| Play ! style="width:30%;"| Character |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1976 |
|---|
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Henry IV, Part 1 and 2 and Henry V | Prince Hal / Henry V of England |
| Tom Conti
| Don Juan and The Devil's Disciple | Don Juan / Dick Dudgeon |
| Albert Finney
| Hamlet and Tamburlaine the Great | Prince Hamlet / Tamburlaine |
| Emrys James
| Henry IV, Part 1 and 2 and Henry V | Henry IV of England / Chorus |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1977 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Karsten Bernick |
| Alan Howard
| Rover |
| Derek Jacobi
| Hamlet |
| Donald Sinden |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1978 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE" |
| Derek Jacobi
| Ivanov | Nikolai Ivanov |
| Timothy West
| Max |
| Nicol Williamson
| Bill Maitland |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1979 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE" |
| Michael Bryant
| Strife | David Roberts |
| Jonathan Pryce |
| Patrick Stewart
| Shylock |
=1980s=
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! style="width:10%;"| Year ! style="width:25%;"| Actor ! style="width:35%;"| Play ! style="width:30%;"| Character |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1980 |
|---|
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Hamlet |
| Michael Gambon
| Galileo |
| Alec McCowen
| The Browning Version and Harlequinade | Andrew Crocker-Harris / Arthur Gosport |
| Bob Peck
| Othello | Iago |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1981 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Jack Tanner |
| Warren Mitchell
| Davies |
| David Suchet
| Shylock |
| John Wood
| Brute |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1982 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Torvold Helmer |
| Joss Ackland
| Henry IV, Part 1 and 2 | Falstaff |
| Trevor Peacock
| Henry Horatio Hobson |
| Donald Sinden
| Vanya |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1983 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE" |
| Alan Bates
| Alfred Redl |
| Rex Harrison
| Shotover |
| Bob Peck
| Lear |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1984 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Platonov |
| Miles Anderson
| Sigismund |
| Emrys James
| Sir Giles |
| Peter McEnery
| De Laubardemont |
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1988 |
| style="background:#B0C4DE"
| Titus Andronicus |
| Alun Armstrong
| The Jew of Malta and The Father | Barabas / The Captain |
| Antony Sher
| The Merchant of Venice and Hello and Goodbye | Shylock / Johnnie |
| Tom Wilkinson
| Dr. Stockmann |
References
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- {{cite web | author=London Theatre Guide | title=The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners, 1976-2008 | version=1976-2008 | pages=20 | format=.PDF | publisher=The Society of London Theatre | url=http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/servlet/file/LOA_fullist.pdf?ITEM_ENT_ID=101095&ITEM_VERSION=1&COLLSPEC_ENT_ID=8 | year=2008 | accessdate=2008-08-30}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
{{Olivier Awards}}
{{OlivierAward PlayActor}}